Gran Turismo 6 'In Mind' For PS4

PS3 may not be the only landing pad for Polyphony Digital's next game.

Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi has revealed that the upcoming sixth entry in the racing simulator series is also being considered for release on PlayStation 4.

Speaking at today’s Gran Turismo 15th Anniversary event at Silverstone racetrack in England, Yamauchi told IGN, “We actually do have a PlayStation 4 version in mind, but for this holiday season, we thought it would be best for users to release on PS3 for now.”

I'm hoping the game's "save" files can transfer between both versions. I think that would be Sony's best bet. You would have people buy it for PS3 and PS4, thus preventing those who would wait for the next-gen version.

PS4 itself is not BC with ps3 games, it is only through the GAKAI streaming service that you will be able to enjoy ps3 games provided you have little latency and decent bandwith capacity.

Ps4 will not support Ps3 save files either for those who are going to transfer to Gakai/ Ps4 version from a ps3. It must be a game specific feature because PS4 does not support this natively.

Its a bit sad IMO that GT6 is a PS3 game, Even if they make a ps4 version it will only be just that... a port. The potential of the ps4 vs the ps3 is pretty darn big.

But it is prolly going to be awesome regardless because the screens and the trailer make GT6 look like one sexy hell of a game and the presentation promise us more customisation, better, UI, loading times, physics and graphics. GT6 = day 1 purchase.

Now I pretty much just hope they dont have "standard" cars anymore and up their classic tracks because some of them looked pretty much just like they did on the ps2 with lower polycounts and sprite trees and low res environments and bad ugly baked lighting that is out of place with the rest of the game.

I told u, sony aint going to let their highest selling exclusive just release for the ps3. I bet there will also be a vita & a ps4 version aswell. Only thing that is most certain is there wont be a gt6 for the ps4 launch.

Yeah think I'll wait for the PS4 versions....any bugs or problems that come with the PS3 version they'll fix for the PS4 version which should come out a few months later and any patches they'll do after will be included aswell

Not surprising. Sony likes to release HD version of previous generation game. I can see a XL version that include all the DLC packs probably by Fall of 2014. Still, this game wasn't built on PS4 hardware so it wouldn't be anywhere close to GT7 whenever that game gets released.

You make it sound like Sony is the only 1 who does it. Konami with MGS/Silent Hill collection, Ubisoft with Prince of Persia, SquareEnix with there FF10-FF10-2/Hitman Collection, there also a Tomb Raider one, Nintendo Wind Waker, devil may cry, Zone of Enders. these are just off the top of my head I'm sure theres more

many people have PS3s and won't have PS4 for years. They want GT now. A man doesn't think this will be so bad. GT6 wouldn't have sold as well as GT5 anyway on PS3 (second GT game on the console never does because they leg it out) but it will be fine.

Im expecting the PS4 version to be a prologue, not the full GT6 experience. Half the tracks, couple hundred cars. A taster before GT7.

Think how much work would go into taking a PS3 optimised game and making it for PS4 architecture. Its not a simple upscale, its building it from the ground up. Theres no way they'll get the full experience done in anything less than 2 years. So either expect a prologue late 2014 or a full GT7 late 2015/early 2016.

I think I will be buying both versions, all they are confirming is that GT will show up on PS4 at some point. Knowing how much of a perfectionist the guy is, and with the release of Drive Club I honestly think it will be more than a year after the PS4 release.

Look at the hype that's out for the PS4 already with the games announced so far. Sony doesn't need to add to that for the first year.

I'll also be buying GT for the Vita, I cant believe the car transfer function doesn't work on the Vita with the PSP version.

Now all I need is a lil bit of Motorstorm for PS4 and I'll be happy. A return to Pacific Rift would be sweet.

We need to remember, the PS4 hasn't officially had a full media reveal, it was announced, a few games were teased, but it hasn't been shown fully and a lot of elements are still secret.... including what Sony's first parties have up their sleeves for the most part.

As far as I can read, he neither confirms nor denies a PS4 version. Don't get me wrong, I'd love a GT on PS4 but that's not an official confirmation, but rather a possbility that may or may not happen in the future.

He just says they "have PS4 version in mind". What is it then, just a premature thought in their heads, or an ongoing, actual project that their programmers have been working on? We don't know yet, and it doesn't look like they're working on a PS4 version right now as I believe they would outright tell that rather than beating around the bush. Why would they hide it, they had a special GT event going on, wouldn't that be the perfect time to announce the PS4 version? Why wait for E3 when you're already holding a big event that's exclusive to the GT franchise?

The quote only confirms that there won't be a GT game as a launch title for PS4, as he clearly noted that they decided to focus on releasing the game solely on the PS3 platform this holiday season, which is the exact time period in which PS4 is due out.

Actually there's another cause for non celebration. If they are indeed doing a PS4 'version', it is likely just going to be a port of a version optimized for PS3. I don't think that it is going to turn out ideal at all.

Who would have guessed the biggest racing franchise and consistently one of the franchises to showcase Playstation hardware would get a sequel on PS4? I was sure they'd just scrap their best selling and biggest franchise of all time for no apparent reason, but they pull off the shocker of the decade and make another GT game. Megaton!